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Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Getting Some Lovin' (And Help Distracting Public from PCSO Search-and-Rescue Woes) From Fox News

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been catching some serious heat over the way his office handled the search for missing hiker Christopher Hensley. The PCSO's own search crew combed the Superstition Mountains for days. But it was Superstition Search and Rescue, a private, all-volunteer team ouste ... More >>

Michelle Hice, Apparently Terrible Accountant, Accused of Cookin' the Books... Again

We're not entirely sure what separates good accountants from bad accountants, but we can say with some certainty that only a terrible accountant would get caught stealing cash several times.That said, 39-year-old west Valley accountant Michelle Hice is allegedly a terrible accountant.

Bill Montgomery Fails to Convict an Innocent Man

Arizona Organix Steps Out as the State's First Authorized Medical-Marijuana Dispensary

Appeals Court Lets LD13 Foreigner Darin Mitchell Stay on Ballot

Legislative District 13 voters will be able to vote for state House candidate Darin Mitchell, despite the fact that a judge ruled he doesn't live in the district.Mitchell, a Republican, decided to appeal the county superior court ruling ordering him off the ballot, and he ended up winning that battl ... More >>

Don Kenney, Former "Quarterback" of AzScam, Stole Son's ID in 1998 to Work as Real Estate Broker in San Diego

Don Kenney, the former "quarterback" of one of Arizona's most notorious scandals, AzScam, stole his son's personal info in 1998 to work as a real-estate broker in San Diego.This month, following a brief expose by former Arizona Republic reporter Lily Leung, Kenney's son agreed to surrender the real- ... More >>

Matt Salmon's Big on the New Jesus (Who Claims He Saved Hitler's Soul)

The video above is a rambling from Congressman-turned-lobbyist-turned-Congressional candidate Matt Salmon, giving his glowing review of an organization founded by an extremely wealthy fellow who's done some prison time, wears a cape, thinks he's the second coming of Christ, and believes crosses on c ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fracas: Reimbursement of Campaign Contributions Confirmed, CEO Junker Canned, Questionable Spending Abound -- Including $33,000 Pebble Beach Birthday Party

​Here's something that was expected from the Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma beating Connecticut by 28 points. Here's something unexpected from the Fiesta Bowl: Their employees have allegedly been running a scheme to reimburse illegal campaign contributions (among other accounts of contemptuous courtship w ... More >>

Richard Mellon Scaife's Cash Pays For Judicial Watch's Ideologically Motivated Lawsuits

Arizona Capitol Times Declares Steve Moak Frontrunner in District 3 Congressional Race -- Based on Internal Poll From Somebody's Campaign

Steve Moak​The Arizona Capitol Times has declared a new frontrunner in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary.Businessman Steve Moak, the paper claims, has taken over for Ben Quayle as the leader in the 10-person race.Check out the Cap Times' assessment of the race after the jump. 

Did Congressional Candidate Steve Moak Use his Not-for-Profit Charity to Pimp His For-Profit Business? Sure Looks Like it

Steve Moak​Steve Moak is one of 10 candidates in the GOP primary for the District Three Congressional seat. But prior to his bid to be the District's next congressman, he was a businessman and philanthropist.The line between profit and charity appears to have been blurred for Moak, who, according ... More >>

Welcome to Mi Pueblito: The Small-Town, Family-Farm Lifestyle That We Cherish Is Being Preserved Thanks to Mexican Immigrants

Rick Renzi's Accountant, Dwayne Lequire, Guilty of Embezzling Funds; Former Counsel for Renzi, Andrew Beardall, Acquitted of Charges

Rick Renzi​ A federal jury yesterday handed a guilty verdict to Rick Renzi's accountant, Dwayne Lequire, for embezzling $796,000 from the former Congressman's company -- and conspiring with Renzi to do it. He faces up to 85 years in prison when he's sentenced on October 18. Th ... More >>

Obama's ASU Commencement Speech Urges Community Involvement, Uses Flap Over Honorary Degree to Make Point

President Barack Obama deftly turned an embarrassment for Arizona State University into a theme for his commencement speech on Wednesday, urging students to never stop "adding to your body of work."The reference was to a statement made by ASU spokeswoman Sharon Keeling when asked why the univer ... More >>

KTAR: Arizona Diamondbacks Manager Bob Melvin Getting the Axe

Wikimedia Commons The soon-to-be-unemployed Bob Melvin. Two years ago Arizona Diamondbacks skipper Bob Melvin was the National League's manager of the year. And now he's (reportedly) toast. KTAR sports jock John Gambadoro (of Gambo & Ash fame) is reporting that Melvin will be axed as soo ... More >>

The National Center for Missing Adults’ Funding Was Slashed by the Feds, but Volunteers Are Keeping It Alive

Brother's Keeper

Phoenix boxing great Michael Carbajal says his big brother and manager, Danny, stole every penny he had

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 25, 2007

John Birch-ers, Ron Paul-ites and loads of white folk at Gilbert's Constitution Week Fair.

Catch Him If You Can

When a career courthouse scam artist joins forces with a top Arizona criminal defense attorney, it ain't pretty

Letters

Letters from the week of December 18, 2003

Mares on Michelob

With "Beers For My Horses," Willie Nelson proves attempts to mummify him are premature

Neighborhood Bully

Threats, fines and force: The city of Phoenix stops at nothing to revive a troubled community

Fortunate One

Back with what may be his best album, Texas treasure Delbert McClinton looks back on five decades of music making

Building History

The new glass-and-steel federal courthouse shatters the image that government structures have to be stodgy

Walken Tall

Christopher Walken steals heist-driven The Opportunists

Drive-thru Deliverance

It's not called est anymore, but you can still be ridiculed into self-awareness in just one expensive weekend

A Side of Eggers

More news on media satire

Posse Galore

Staking out Maricopa County's wildest political race -- to unseat Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Flat Chance

In '96, Steve Forbes conquered Arizona. In 2000, he's a bit player.

Wanna-be in Pictures

Milwaukee's unlikeliest filmmaker gets star treatment in quirky American Movie docu

Double Crossed

The Church of Scientology has a reputation for ruthlessly going after its enemies. Robert Cipriano claims Scientologists rewarded him for helping them do just that. Now he's turned on them.

Letters

Suicide Squeeze

Squeeze's messy career might require a scorecard, but few tunesmiths can rival the band's catalogue

Flashes

Letters

Barely Staying Alive

54's version of "Disco Inferno" is more like heck than Hell

The Best Laid Plans of Nikki Lynn

Somewhere in a nondescript Kingman subdivision, a mother and wife is poised to ascend to pornographic heights

The Story So Far

Strictly Mirrored-Ball Room

Witty Last Days of Disco calls it a night

A Shaky Foundation - Second in a Series

For the Baptist Foundation of Arizona--and its baffling insider real-estate deals--the devil's in the details

The Moneychangers

A New Times Investigation First in a Series

Don't Leave Homies Without It

Teacher Dearest

The free market alone was supposed to control charter schools, but the state is stepping in to clean up Gail Battistella's mess at Dragonfleye Charter School

Letters

Shelter Skelter

The Open Door is supposed to be a haven for battered women. Instead, the operators have wasted much of their energy--and money--abusing one another.

LESSEE GO HOME

TANYA BECKER WANTED A NICE RENTER FOR HER HOME. SHE WOUND UP WITH A REAL-LIFE "PACIFIC HEIGHTS" TENANT

AFTER 33 YEARS, THE MUSIC STOPPED

RUBY DOMINGUEZ PUT HER HEART AND SOUL INTO THE ARIZONA MUSIC CENTER. IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

HEMP: IT WEARS ON YOU WILLIE NELSON LENDS HIS NAME TO A BUDDING CLOTHING ENTERPRISE

NORTHERN ARIZONA EXPOSURE

J.D. RAN HIMSELF UP A FLAGPOLE. BUT NOBODY SALUTED.